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Article: Monkey's Best Friend.(study of female baboons shows females socialize more)
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- Newsweek International
- Article date:
- November 24, 2003
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Prudy is one of the most popular baboons in her group. When her fellow monkeys pass by, they raise their tails in deference. When her fur grows dusty there's always a volunteer to give it a good grooming. For eight years, she's even had that rare thing in the baboon world: a steady male companion. Rocky would carry her children on his back and accompany her on foraging expeditions through the savannah at the foot of Kenya's Mount Kilimanjaro. Even though Rocky left the group in August, Prudy still has female friends and relatives she can count on. In 23 years, she's given birth to 11 kids, of which eight have survived.
Viva, a female from a nearby group, is a ...